Hello everyone. I think so have chosen my career path and it is Optometry. I chose it over Dentistry and Podiatry. I need some sort of guidance though. I am a High School Junior and I would like to know what I should do to prepare. I think it's never to early to prepare. I have seen various posts about requirements like certain GPAs, extracurriculars and shadowing and would like to know more on what I could do to achieve these goals. I know quite a bit about shadowing because my cousin is currently shadowing a Psychologist. I currently have an opportunity to shadow an Opthamologist in Central Mexico during the summer but I'm not sure if shadowing an Opthamologist is even necessary to get into an Optometry school. Does foreign shadowing count in an application? As for the extracurriculars what could I do. I currently volunteer at the Community Church Kitchen and serve as a voluntary janitor in church. Would joining clubs in college (Spanish, Circle K, etc.) help look an application look better? Thanks for the help everyone.